Scheduling and resourcing allocation across multiple domains
AssigneeITXC IP Holdings S.a.r.l.
InventorsJohn Landau, James Karanassos, Galeal Zino
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Abstract
A telepresence conferencing system is disclosed in which scheduling and resource and personnel reservations may be made across various entities (i.e.; domains). Additionally, each location that is part of the telepresence conference may selectively, and independently of the other locations, designate all or selected portions of its media stream be carried over a different network from the one used to setup, control, and reserve resources for the telepresence conference.
Claims23
A method for facilitating the use of resources among independent domains, comprising:
- defining resources available on at least one of said domains and storing said available resources in a computer system;
- registering, for at least one of said domains, privileges to which one or more other domains or users associated with said one or more other domains should be entitled with respect to said at least one domain, said privileges being determinative of which resources on said least one of said domains, said one or more other domains or users of said other domains may consume, wherein said facilitating comprises at least one of scheduling said resources for use and using said resources.
A telepresence system manager comprising storage means for storing a list of domains managed by said telepresence manager, a list of users associated with each domain, and a set of privileges associated with each of said users of said domains, said privileges being indicative of resources associated with domains other than a domain associated with said user, and which said user is entitled to consume or reserve.
A telepresence system manager device comprising storage means for storing a list of domains managed by said telepresence manager, wherein each domain includes one or more users, a list of privileges associated with each domain, and a set of resources associated with each domain, said privileges being indicative of resources associated with said each domain that one or more users of another domain is permitted to consumer or reserve.
A method of reserving resources for a telepresence meeting, said method comprising the steps of permitting a user of a domain to reserve a telepresence meeting with users of other domains, calculating, by a telepresence manager computer, other resources necessary to implement said reserved telepresence meeting, assigning said other resources to said telepresence meeting, and causing scheduling software on computers associated with users to attend said telepresence meeting to reflect reservation of said telepresence meeting.
A method of implementing telepresence conferencing comprising each of a plurality of domains assigning access right associated with one or more people or resources associated with said domain, and automatically propagating to all other domains a list of access rights associated with one or more people or resources associated with said domain.
A telepresence system comprising a plurality of telepresence locations, control means for reserving resources and setting up telepresence meetings among plural ones of said locations, and a first network connecting said locations, wherein said control means communicates with said locations over said first network to implement said control of a telepresence conference, and wherein each location may selectively determine, independent of other locations, whether media conveyed as part of the telepresence meeting after it is established is to be conveyed on said first network, or on a second network, or some combination of both of said first and second networks, and wherein each of said first and second networks comprises at least one physical network.
The telepresence system of claim 20 wherein each location communicates to a telepresence manager information indicative of which parts, if any, a media stream to and from said location is to be conveyed over said second network.
A telepresence interface computer (“TIC”) comprising software for scheduling resources associated with a specific domain, and software for selectively permitting another computer to schedule resources associated with said specific domain, wherein the software for permitting only selectively permits such scheduling in accordance with predetermined policies, and wherein said software for scheduling can schedule at least one resource that said another computer can not schedule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.